So Sushil Kumar has just won himself Rs. 5 crores – and obviously the first question topmost in his mind should be: How should I invest this huge amount? Well let us assume that he gets Rs. 3.5 crores after all taxes are deducted. The following steps are very important: 1. Invest the whole amount […]
Last week I spent some time with a friend evaluating his portfolio. Like many of my friends he had started his SIPs about 10-12 years ago and had done well in his investing, simply by being disciplined, not arguing too much and letting the compounding go on! However, his wife did not know too much […]
One of the girls who read my book….has sent this note….I have masked her name….obviously do not want her name to show up in a Google search!! Name: hidden Age: 23 (born 1987) Profession: Service / Banker 1. At what age do you plan to retire? Have you started saving for retirement? I plan […]
Mr. Subra my name is A…K. These are some of the facts about me. Please tell me whether I am on the right track please. Facts: AK is 52 years of age, works in a semi-government company. He has a house in Mumbai (current estimated worth Rs. 85 lakhs, located at Mulund). He drives a […]
The word SWR or Standard Withdrawal Rates is not an Indian term – at least I have not seen any Indian website or magazine use it…It is a UK or US terminology…let us see what it means.. It is the amount of money that you should be able to withdraw comfortably from your Retirement corpus […]
I hate reading ‘draft proposals’ – and this hatred came from the student days hangover. When we were studying for the CA exam we had to know the ‘ACT’ and the changes that were made in the 6 months before the exam. Now if we read the ‘draft provisions’ there was a chance that we […]
Inflation story continued……… Psychological Impact of inflation is quite harsh on the investors and savers. Economic theory says when inflation is high, people will tend to spend more – because there is no incentive to save. This is true to a very limited extent. Most people get so scared that they start saving more and […]